After Sang Lan Fell

SANG Lan lies quietly in her bed, her pretty face composed and sweet. The 17-year-old Chinese gymnast looks more like a little girl than an experienced athlete, and yet she has displayed tremendous strength after a terrible accident on the vault on July 21st that left her paralyzed. Sang was sleeping when Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen arrived at her Nassau County Medical Center room for a visit. Since the most frightful tragedy of the Goodwill Games happened right before the eyes of thousands of audience members, the Chinese national vaulting champion has become the focus of people all over the     

桑兰：梦想在延续

1998年7月21日,在美国参加第四届友好运动会的中国女子体操队队员桑兰在赛前练习中颈椎受重伤,胸部以下瘫痪。在遭受如此重大的变故后,当时仅17岁的桑兰表现出难得的坚毅。她说:"我对自己有信心,我永远不会放弃希望。"10年来,桑兰用她的勇气延续着自己的梦想,坚持治疗、在北大求学、担任北京申奥大使、主持奥运电视节目、当选北京奥运会火炬手……她充满力量的笑容总能给人希望!